diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 20ef2a7f56..428d3a35c7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6.4</version>
+      <version>1.6.6</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.1</version>
+        <version>1.1</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>enforce-tools</id>
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
              be used even when compiling with java 1.7+ -->
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7</version>
+        <version>1.8</version>
         <configuration>
           <signature>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</groupId>
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.1</version>
+        <version>2.3.2</version>
         <configuration>
           <releaseProfiles>release,full</releaseProfiles>
         </configuration>